Rough Draft

from Songs For The Moon by Kyle Gray Young

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This one is tricky. Considering it's probably the most rockin' track I've ever recorded, I wrote it on a classical guitar, oddly enough. You know how you think about an old relationship and convince yourself that neither of you really gave it a fair chance? Well, this is about that. Let's give it a try again. I know, we'll probably end up worse off than we were, but what the hell? And I actually wrote a middle eight. I don't do that often.

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I couldn't help but notice that you were still alive on this earth
I couldn't help but notice that you were still amazing,
for what it's worth
I couldn't help but think that you had other plans
Than the ones that fell through
I couldn't help but wonder if you were wondering the same thing too

If that was our rough draft, the one you always throw away
If that was our last mistake, that we ever have to make
Though we may crash and burn and be left alone
And lonelier than before
But just the chance to crash, and just the chance to burn
Makes it all worthwhile

I couldn't help but think that you might love me after all these years
But I don't wanna know if you despise me for all these tears
And if I left no mystery unanswered then I apologize
But I can't help but think about all the history in our eyes

If that was our rough draft, the one you always throw away
If that was our last mistake, that we ever have to make
Though we may crash and burn and be left alone
And lonelier than before
But just the chance to crash, and just the chance to burn
Makes it all worthwhile

We never had a time that we could call ours
We never looked beyond the moon and the stars
We could never get it right, we never had the chance

If that was our rough draft, the one you always throw away
If that was our last mistake, that we ever have to make
Though we may crash and burn and be left alone
And lonelier than before
But just the chance to crash, and just the chance to burn
Makes it all worthwhile

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from Songs For The Moon, released May 1, 2010

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